Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Don’t forget to send us your stories! Deadline October 31 043
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s our October issue! Art: Cate Petty Fiction: @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Arden Shostak @jeremymauser.bsky.social Mathieu Parsy Nonfiction: Sharon Goldberg Melissa Fraterrigo Leath Tonino Poetry: @leeh70.bsky.social Cal Freeman pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...pitheadchapel.comVolume 15, Issue 10COVER ART BY Cate Petty FICTION RABBITS BY KATHRYN KULPA IN FLORE BY ARDEN SHOSTAK PANDEMONIUM BY JEREMY MAUSER AFTER THE GIFT BY MATHIEU PARSY NONFICTION AUDITION BY SHARON GOLDBERG … 02011
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There’s a nor’easter raging outside but inside we’ve got a log on the fire and an apple crumble in the oven 160
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Congratulations and best of luck to our Best of the Net nominees! 0184
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Turns out some of the loudest AI detection software skeptics are people who are using AI to write and don’t want to get caught 🤣🔥 www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-core-a... 050
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Sex is great but have you ever read Edgar Allan Poe whilst enjoying dark chocolate mousse and a vintage bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon in front of a crackling fire in an ominous Victorian mansion under a full moon with the sound of owls in the distance on a cool October night? 6165874
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“There is no one torch - there are many torches - and I’m using my torch to light other torches.” RIP Gloria Steinem 051
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerMichael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026New issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social! Tip of the cap to editors @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, et al, for another fine-looking issue!pitheadchapel.comVolume 15, Issue 9COVER ART BY TREVOR CUNNINGTON FICTION AND TREEBEARD SAID, “I MUST DO SOMETHING, I SUPPOSE” BY ERIN VACHON MELODY HAD TO WEAR THE WINGS BY MICHAEL PERSHAN BORDER ROAD BY LISA BEECH HARTZ WAT… 062
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Our September issue is live! Art: Trevor Cunnington Fiction: @erinvachon.bsky.social @mpershan.bsky.social Lisa Beech Hartz @skoeplin.bsky.social Nonfiction: Shara Sinor Alexa Loftus Marin Smith Poetry: @Ediemeade.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...pitheadchapel.comVolume 15, Issue 9COVER ART BY TREVOR CUNNINGTON FICTION AND TREEBEARD SAID, “I MUST DO SOMETHING, I SUPPOSE” BY ERIN VACHON MELODY HAD TO WEAR THE WINGS BY MICHAEL PERSHAN BORDER ROAD BY LISA BEECH HARTZ WAT… 02510
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Just a friendly reminder that supporting your local library also means supporting your local library ghost. 21956127
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Thank you, I don’t even know where to start 😂 110
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Delighted to announce our Best Small Fictions nominees for this year! @jaimegill.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social 2255
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Thinking about fun things I can add on to my book for pre-orders is giving me life 020
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Finally got to watch Hokum. Genuinely terrifying and so well done 010
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Our garden is going gangbusters and it is such a joy 070
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026“You don’t know me but please say something nice about my work so my publisher can use it to help me ride the coattails of your success” 021
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Omg requesting book blurbs is the most mortifying thing I think I’ve ever had to do in my life 230
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026We want your stories! The 2026 Larry Brown Short Story Award is officially open for submissions 1st prize: $500 Guest judge: Deesha Philyaw More info: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/ 02114
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Our August issue is live! JH Lucas Dodge Zelko @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social Jacob Schrodt Jeffrey-Michael Kane @liquid-chicken.bsky.social @zaryfekete.bsky.social Matthew Trumbull Kinga Varga-Dobai Andrew Christoforakis @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social Kaylan McCann pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...pitheadchapel.comVolume 15, Issue 8COVER ART BY JH LUCAS FICTION ACTS OF GUILE, ACTS OF GRACE BY DODGE ZELKO ORPHANS BY SARP SOZDINLER BEARS BY JACOB SCHRODT THE KEEPING BY JEFFREY-MICHAEL KANE NONFICTION Unknown Calle… 02211
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Our annual short story contest opens in 1 week! See what guest judge Deesha Philyaw has to say about writing that has surprised her lately and what she is looking for in contest submissions. 1166
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I took over the Pithead Chapel socials a few weeks ago and yep that’s me replying to my own posts as if someone else wrote them 090
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerDuotrope @duotrope.com · 24/07/2026The Smart Search List of the Day is: Short Stories feat. @necessaryfiction.com @pitheadchapel.bsky.social et al. duotrope.com...duotrope.comSmart Search List of the DayThe Smart Search List of the Day is: Short Stories feat. @necessaryfiction.com @pitheadchapel.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/short-stories-A0oRqumk 043
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerMichael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, @stateofkate.bsky.social, and everyone at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for another new issue!pitheadchapel.comVolume 15, Issue 7COVER ART BY CHRISTOPHER GARLAND FICTION The Sex Appeal of the Blues by Deirdre Danklin In the Wind by Christopher Lee Chilton Zachary by James Keith Smith Lost and Found by Katherine Plumho… 062
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerX-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Strange Is the Meat by Brittany Terwillger xraylitmag.com/strange-is-t... Here Lies by Nikki Barnhart xraylitmag.com/here-lies-by... Appraisal by Sam Corradetti xraylitmag.com/appraisal-by... 131
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Our July issue is here! pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is... Cover art: CHRISTOPHER GARLAND Words: DEIRDRE DANKLIN @grnpointer.bsky.social JAMES KEITH SMITH @kplumhoff.bsky.social GARTH ROBINSON SAMANTHA VARGASpitheadchapel.comVolume 15, Issue 7COVER ART BY CHRISTOPHER GARLAND FICTION The Sex Appeal of the Blues by Deirdre Danklin In the Wind by Christopher Lee Chilton Zachary by James Keith Smith Lost and Found by Katherine Plumho… 12215
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Finally living my dream of having a garden I can go out and cut fresh flowers from 150
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerPithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Congratulations @olangela.bsky.social and @francesorrok.bsky.social, as well as all of our contributors, staff, and friends who made the top 50 and long list! 1183
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I’m so honored to have a story in this year’s top 50! I see a lot of friends and Pithead Chapel peeps on the list as well - big congrats to all of you! ❤️ 1180
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerSudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷wigleaf.comw i g l e a f : (very) short fictionAn online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words. 1912941
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Thank you so much @sudhab.bsky.social and @andrewporter01.bsky.social! And congrats to all! 060
Reposted by Brittany TerwilligerKim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Also, love seeing so many writer friends on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 and Longlist. Yay @brttnyblm.bsky.social! Yay @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social! Yay all of you! Special hoorays for the two @pitheadchapel.bsky.social writers on the Longlist, @olangela.bsky.social and Frances Orrok. 1162
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026“Dying” to know was not a good way to phrase that I’m sorry 020
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I found out from my mom that someone has been stealing the flowers she puts on my grandpa’s grave and putting them on another grave a couple rows over and I am dying to know everything about this situation 150
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I’m in that weird in-between place where I’m working on a new manuscript but getting ready for the publication of the old one, so I’m constantly flipping the switch like I’m cheating on one with the other one. 150
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This is so funny because the book I was writing that didn’t start out as horror turned out to be horror 020
Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I love Ray Bradbury’s description of a library 030